Escondido council majority against water park

Residents slam project at packed community meeting

He also said the proposal surprised him because it includes nearby land city officials told him was off limits because of environmental concerns.

Mayor Abed and the developer, David Busch, said last month that the concerns residents raised were overblown. They said noise and traffic generated by the park would be relatively small, and they said only a small number of homes are particularly close to the proposed park.

Busch said he empathized with concerns about sight lines being affected by the park’s tall structures. But he said those structures would be built as far away from homes as possible.

It’s unusual for three council members to make comments at a meeting that hasn’t been publicly noticed. City Attorney Jeff Epp said Monday night he'd have to review the comments made by Gallo, Morasco and Diaz before determining whether they might have violated the state’s open meetings law.